Before the present church was built in 1902, early ministers traveled from neighboring villages to serve in Brooklyn and the church rented a house for their families.

Rev. William E. Marsh brought his new bride, Eva, to our first parsonage built in 1894 on the corner. During their stay here, a thief broke into the house and stole his watch. The church took a collection and gifted him with a new watch. Only here for a year, their extended family began at Hancock in Waushara County with the birth of identical twins in 1896, five more births followed later. I was fortunate to meet Louise Marsh at a yearly church conference years ago.

She was married to one of their sons, William F. Marsh. Before Rev. Willard Nuzum came (served 1897-1900), Reverends Henry Sewell, W. R. Irish and William John McKay filled in. Mrs. Irish organized the Epworth League, a youth group. During Willard and Jenny Nuzum’s short time here, he received a monthly salary of $450, the church’s lamps were replaced with modern lighting (funded by the Ladies’ Aid) and the youth collected clothing, fruit and other goods for the Milwaukee Deaconship in Milwaukee. It was packed in a barrel and sent by train. Nuzum’s baby, Miriam Fern, and George Waite’s son, were baptized by McKay on the same day. A new cistern was dug and bricked up at the parsonage. Hanson (mason work) and Spaudling (carpentry) donated the new pump that sat near the sink. Years later Nuzum, when 76 years old, visited Brooklyn to re-visit with old friends.